Mitch
Lucker, singer for the Riverside heavy metal band Suicide Silence, died
Thursday morning, Nov. 1, after a motorcycle crash Wednesday night in
Huntington Beach.The Orange County coroner’s office said the crash
occurred shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday and Lucker was pronounced dead
at 6:17 a.m. Thursday at UCI Medical Center in Orange County."There's
no easy way to say this," the band said in a statement on its Facebook
page. "Mitch passed away earlier this morning from injuries sustained
during a motorcycle accident. This is completely devastating to all of
us and we offer our deepest condolences to his family. He will be
forever in our hearts."Huntington Beach police were investigating the crash and expected to release details Thursday.The
28-year-old lived in Huntington Beach but grew up in Riverside, where
the band formed a decade ago from friends who knew each other in the
local music scene, playing venues such as the now-defunct Showcase
Theatre in Corona.Lucker lived in Riverside from the time he started
kindergarten until he was 21. He also has family in Murrieta. When he
wasn't on the road, Lucker was a devoted dad to his young daughter.The
band’s debut album, “The Cleansing,” came out in 2007 and was followed
by two other albums, including 2011’s “The Black Crown,” which was
written in Big Bear.Suicide Silence toured on the Mayhem Festival in
2008 and 2011 and also earned two consecutive Revolver Golden Gods
Awards, for most innovative band and best new band.“We wanted to
make this aggressive, heavy or fast music. It's fun to play; it's
something to do on a summer's night, because there's nothing to do. It's
like, 'Yeah, let's have a show.' That means everyone gets together,”
Lucker said in a 2011 interview with The Press-Enterprise.The band was scheduled to perform at California Metalfest VI in San Bernardino on Saturday, Nov. 24.The
news of Lucker's death, spread quickly through social media, with
"R.I.P. Mitch Lucker" and Suicide Silence trending on Twitter. A number
of Inland musicians in the metal scene and beyond also reached out on
social media."We've seen this band go from opening up at the
Showcase in Corona to blowing up worldwide! Rest In Peace brother. Our
condolences to his family," Inland metal band Sangre posted on Facebook.